SAMPA

The Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA) is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters, based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).It was originally developed in the late 1980s for six European languages by the EEC ESPRIT information technology research and development program. As many symbols as possible have been taken over from the IPA; where this is not possible, other signs that are available are used, e.g. [@] for schwa (IPA ), [2] for the vowel sound found in French deux (IPA ), and [9] for the vowel sound found in French neuf (IPA ).
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Sampa may refer to one of the following:Sampa, the short nickname for São Paulo, BrazilSampa, GhanaSampa, goddess commemorated in Paganism in the Eastern AlpsSAMPA, a phonetic alphabet similar to the International Phonetic Alphabet but using only seven-bit ASCII charactersSampa Corporation, a provider of web presence tools (Blogging, site creation, etc.)
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v. cast, throw